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The next step is the organic logic device based on organic devices to aproximate the processing power of the human brain.

A human can see an image of something as complex as a human being. The human can be facing the camera, or in profile. Standing up or stiting down. Dresses in rags or in the latest fashion, and we can recognize them in an instant. Computers are not even close to human performance. But they will be.

The first computer was invented by a man names Babbage who worked on it from 1799 to 1840. His computing device had RAM and ROM, program instructions, input, and output. His research was paid for by the British government. The problem was he only had metal and wood from which to build it.

The first digital computers used radio tubes. They needed tons of electricity. A single byte of data needed 8 coils of wire around 8 magnets to store it. The invention of transistors did away with tubes only to quickly followed by integrated circuits. Today we are reaching the limit of integrated solid state devices just as we did 40 years ago with tubes.

The new organic devices will replace solid state as easily and as quickly as the tranistor replaced the tube and the integrated circuit replaced the individual transistor.

People have been publishing such articles since at least the 1880s. Then they wanted the government to stop wasting money on the patent office. It seems there were lots of people in 1880 who were certain that everything had already been invented.

Moores law could speed up. It is unlikely to slow down. The world is full of creative people.... except for journalists.

You need to remember that

Chicken Little was the worlds first journalist and set the standard for accuracy in reporting.


15 posted on 06/13/2002 8:47:08 AM PDT by Common Tator
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To: Common Tator
Moore's Law has sped up, its now down to 14 months instead of 18, and expectations are it will be at 10 months.Is it any wonder that productivity just keeps chugging along?
17 posted on 06/13/2002 8:52:25 AM PDT by habs4ever
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The next step is the organic logic device based on organic devices to aproximate the processing power of the human brain.

The human race will be obsolete within 50 years.

18 posted on 06/13/2002 8:52:45 AM PDT by Lazamataz
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Organic (DNA based) or quantum copmuting will be the next breakthrough. It will not merely continue Moore's law but it will in fact be a huge step forward by orders of magnitude.
20 posted on 06/13/2002 8:54:53 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter
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Actually, some scientists are working on computers that use light for circuits. Less resistance, less heat, increased processing power. Interesting stuff indeed.

then there are those quantum computers...

35 posted on 06/13/2002 10:59:30 AM PDT by rudypoot
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